Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

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1. The Vegetable Market at Amsterdam. The picture ex-
hibits a view on one of the grachts of that city, the quay of
which is occupied by a number of market people, with their
commodities. Those nearest the spectator consist os three
women and a man ; one of the former, standing with her hands
a-kimbo, seems, by the agitation of her countenance, to be
venting her fury, in words, upon a portly woman, who sits very
composedly upon the handle of a barrow containing vegetables :
the amount of payment for having wheeled the said barrow to
market is probably the subject of dispute. The third female is
young, and of an interesting appearance ; she has a brass pail
on her arm, and her head is turned, as if she were listening to
the gallantry of a youth behind her, who by his gesture is
offering to carry her pail. More towards the side is a fine
spaniel, looking wistfully at a cock perched on a basket; near
these are a tub of garden-stuff and a fowl on the ground.
A large tree rises on the opposite side, the branches of which
overshadow most of the persons in the second distance. A
small vessel is on the canal, beyond which the view is bounded
by houses. Engraved by David, and in the Musee Francais.
3 ft. by %st. 7 in.—C.
This capital picture has had the reputation of being the chef
d’oeuvre of the master, and the large prices for which it has been
sold goes far to confirm that opinion. The Writer, however, can by